Salt Lake evening Democrat. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1885-1887, 1887-04-14
PROVO POINTS.
Business-TrOubles Come Not Singly
A Californian,s idea of Dying.

The best flowing artesian wells in the
Territory are to be found in Utah county,
In Provo there are several excellent ones.
DIR. Pike had one bored before building
his house, and then erected the residence
over the well. Water pipes were put all
through the house, and now the Doctor
has good fresh water in all of his rooms,
beside plentiful flow for fountain in
front and for other purposes.
Troubles are said never to come singly.
Mr.. Jackson, the father-in-law of Speed,
the young man killed by Mcbride, came
up to Provo as a witness in the trial now
going on here. The other day he was
suddenly taken sick, and in a short time
died. His widowed wife and daughter,
also a widowed wife, were with him.
They took bis remains to Nephi and
there inferred them beside his mothers.
The mother and daughter returned to
Provo for the trial, and in their dual
aff1iction have the sincere sympathy of
everyone who saw them.
Notwithstanding that Provo is a pro-
hibition town, there is said to be more
liquor sold there, according to the popu-
lation, than in Salt Like. To an obser-
yer, it appears that there are more mi
nors indulging in the Flowing bowl' in
this town than in any other place in
Utah, without regard to population.
Provo is noted for its healthfulness, yet
has fonr large drug stores, all carrying( p
an elegant stock of goods and doing a
splendid business. What of that? Moth
ing, only that it is well known that they
all do land-office business in selling Ii
quor, and pay no license, and that, be-
cause a pig headed, priesthood City Coun-
ell refuse to grant a license, and thereby
not only secure to the city large quar-
terly revenue, but bring the selling OF
whisky and beer under the restriction of
law. People might wonder at this being
thusly, were it not for the fact that we
are strange and peculiar people.
Provo seems to be about the dullest
place on earth. There is scarcely any
business life apparent The Conference
people left no money in their wake, for
the simple reason that they were chiefly
of that class of Mormons who never had
more than enough money on hand to pay
their railroad fares.
The Provo american is to be the name
of the new paper for Utah county. 1t
will make its appearance sometime next
week, and as everything connected,
editors included, are new and imported +,
it is expected that tie american will be
a very neat and well-gotten up paper
THE DEMOCRAT will be glad to see the
initial number.
There are several good hotels in Provo.
Your representative mades his stopping
place at the Roberts House, large and
commodious hotel, managed by VIM.
d. Robertssan old timer of Provo. Re-
Gently Mr.. r. bored for water in front of
his house and struck what he bored for.
His well has a flow second to none in
the county. 1t is Mr.. Roberts inten
rooms in his hotel, thereby adding both
to the comfort and convenience of his
guests.
During Conference an Irishman stopped
over for day in this sanity town of pro-
hibition. Some one told this son of Erin
that Provo was prohibition place, but
that liquor could be bought at the drug
stores. The morning that Pat left he
went to one of the drug stores and asked
for pint of good whiskey, saying that
he wanted to soak some roots As the
clerk was counting the change out he
asked out of idle curiosity what kind of
roots he was going to soak? ''Be jabers"
he answered, "Pm going to soak the
roots OF my tongue"
During the trial of the Mcbride murder
case, one of the Witnesses, an old Cali
iornian, said while giving in his testi-
mony: II called to Joe Tremble to help
me pull off Speeds boots, saying at the
the time, My God Joe, don't let him die
with his boots on 1t is a custom with
us old Californians never to let man
die with his boots on"
MILO ZIP.
Provo, April IA, 1887.